Micrite is a limestone constituent formed of calcareous particles ranging in diameter up to four μm formed by the recrystallization of lime mud. The term...

crystals less than 5 μm (0.20 mils) in length is described as micrite. In fresh carbonate mud, micrite is mostly small aragonite needles, which may precipitate...

Peloids are allochems that are composed of micrite, irrespective of size, shape, or origin. The two primary types of peloids are pellets and intraclasts...

rigid skeletons, and abundant red algae, microbial micrite, and inorganic cement. The microbial micrite worked to trap sediment. One of the most prominent...

years ago)) of the Late Jurassic epoch. It is formed from ooliths in a micrite (fine grained calcium carbonate) matrix. There are many voids in the stone...

limestones are also considered matrix-supported due to the predominance of micrite (as opposed to, for example, macrofossils). Leigh, Sebastian; Hartley,...

calcium carbonate (called calcite) accumulated forming lime mud (called micrite) which covered the sea floor. Small particles of sand or organic detritus...

This means that their textures are similar to that of collophane, or fine micrite-like texture. Phosphatic grains may be accompanied by organic matter, clay...

size (> 2 mm) Contains carbonate mud (micrite, silt/clay size <63 μm) Fabric supported by carbonate mud (micrite, <63 μm) 10% or more composed of 63 μm...

deemed an allochem. The allochems are typically embedded in a matrix of micrite (lime mud) or sparry calcite. Folk, R. L. (1959) Practical petrographic...

Automicrite is autochthonous micrite, that is, a carbonate mud precipitated in situ (no transporting) and made up of fine-grained calcite or aragonite...

microscopic coccoliths and other fine-grained fossil debris in a matrix of micrite mud. Small amounts of silica were also deposited, mainly from sponge spicules...

The suffix -sparite is used if the rock has a crystalline matrix, and -micrite if it contains a micritic, or mud-based, matrix. The prefix describing...

a thin section has uncovered the presence of lithified structures and micrite, present as laminated to clotted with chocolate-brown blebs. These are...

limestone composed of fossil debris ("bio") and calcium carbonate mud ("micrite"). Most of the fossil debris in chalk consists of the microscopic plates...

appearance to the Atima limestone (generally consisting of thick-bedded grey micrite), but it does not achieve the thicknesses common to the Atima, probably...

They are typically 0.03 to 0.3 mm long and composed of carbonate mud (micrite). Their most common size is 0.04 to 0.08 mm. Pellets typically lack any...

texture contrasts with limestone, which is usually a mixture of grains, micrite (very fine-grained carbonate mud) and sparry cement. The optical properties...

Rudstone with micrite. Width of picture is 36mm...

metres (250 ft) Lithology Primary Limestone, sandstone Other Mudstone, micrite Location Region England Country  UK Extent Dorset Type section Named for...

is composed of two beds of calcareous shale, divided by a bed of micrite. The micrite bed displays rigid body displacement with roof thrusts and ramp thrusts...

three-dimensional shapes of self-assembling micrites examines Platonic solids (regular polyhedral). The term 'micrite' was created by DARPA to refer to sub-millimeter...

Member is typically 11 to 16 m thick and largely consists of marls and micrites with interbeds of calcareous mudstone. The Ridgeway Member is about 3 to...

The group largely comprises limestones, including biosparite and cherty micrite but also some subordinate mudstones, siltstones and dolomites. Basaltic...

Portlandian — generally composed of 35 m of well-bedded cryptocrystalline micrites — takes up the major part of the anticline. Its grey to yellowish, sometimes...

plattenkalk (a very fine-grained limestone that splits into thin plates, usually micrite) that extends through the Swabian Alb and Franconian Alb in Southern Germany...

more homogenised and settle out as fully marine flint-bearing calcareous micrites. During the Maastrichtian, a regression commences. After the initial deposition...

formed between the large coral patch reefs are documented by micrite and partially leached micrite. The Tafraout Group covers most of the W High Atlas, surrounded...

southern Karawanks of Austria. They are composed of interlayered cherts and micrites separated by irregular, non-planar bedding surfaces. The cherty horizons...

fossilized specimen has calcispar walls with the inner chambers filled with micrite. The walls are raised because the calcispar does not erode as easily. C...